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Engineering is hard, if you are not that smart and cannot optimize problem solving. If you can't see the shortcuts (e.g. zero force members in Statics problems)
by wallflower 15y ago
Engineering is hard, if you are not that smart and cannot optimize problem solving. If you can't see the shortcuts (e.g. zero force members in Statics problems), it takes longer. I struggled.
This is how engineering education was explained to me:
1st year: Well-defined problems, well-defined answers
2nd year: Less-defined problems (labs)
3rd year: Harder problems where part of it is defining what the problem is, more labs
4th year: A vague problem like design a plant to process X and produce Y
I believe the purpose of engineering education is to teach you effective problem solving. Yes,
- Fliko 15y agoI may be biased, but I actually prefer the most elusive 4th year labs being done in 1st year, as the projects to be built are much more easier and it is way more rewarding when a teacher hands you a specification sheet and tells you how to use (for example) an AND and OR gate with absolutely no mention of the project. You can truly call the creation your own, and if you really get stuck you can go talk with the very helpful teacher (or other students) and they will lead you into the right direction without directly giving the answer.